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Blog Herding: Community Edition 08/23/12
Today's episode of Blog Herding marks the one year anniversary and 52 consecutive weekly episodes of this feature since Andy McNamara agreed to turn over the reins to a member of the community. Thanks go out to the staff, the loyal readers, and the dedicated bloggers for your continued support.
Blog Herding Stats:
Period Reviewed:
August 13 - August 19, 2012
Number of User
Blogs: 133
Number of User
Bloggers: 74
Number of User
Blogs Herded: 20
Community Events:
GIO
Fantasy Football 2012
Football season (that sport you play outside with a ball)
is a few weeks away from the official kickoff and Supersnake is coordinating
the GIO Fantasy Football 2012 league. Read his blog for all of the details.
Community Blogs:
The
Next-Gen Gameplan: Nintendo
Jon Gregory aka JMan240
continues his series of blogs evaluating the different manufactures and the
direction he thinks they should pursue in their next generation of consoles.
Do
Game Journalists Show Favoritism Towards Japanese Games?
Cameron Koch responds to the
claim made by Alex Hutchinson, creative director on Assassins Creed 3, suggesting
Japanese games and developers seem to get preferential treatment from western
game critics.
What's
The Most Underrated Game Of All Time?
A collaborative project
compiled by JC featuring a number of members from the community, as each
discusses what game they consider to be the most underrated of all time.
Behind
The Character
There are all sorts of roles involved
with bringing our video game characters to life and one of the most
underappreciated are the voice actors. J Warrior takes a moment to recognize
some of the best.
10
Questions With Adventure Time's Jesse Moynihan
His first blog since attaining
the Level 5 milestone, messyFishstick arranges an interview with Jesse
Moynihan, the storyboard artist from Adventure Time and the artist behind the
web comic Forming.
Return
To Post-Apocalyptia
Having recently returned from a
follow-up trip through the wastelands of Fallout 3, Stranger describes the
experience in great detail while comparing it to the similarly vast world found
in The Elder Scrolls.
What
Needs To Be In Dragon's Dogma 2
A slick and thoughtful piece by The Monster Hunter detailing a few
features he would like to see implemented in the next edition of Capcom's new action role-playing series, Dragon's Dogma.
Reasons
Why I'm Pitching Darksiders II To You
Darksiders II has been one of
the hot topics for the week and if you haven't experienced it yet, this compelling
blog by DrJoeystein very well might convince you to give it a try.
What
Is Metal Gear Solid 5?
Romars202129 considers the future
direction of the Metal Gear Solid series and the prospect that Kojima
Productions will somehow associate Project Ogre with the latest chapter in the MGS
series.
The
Consequences Of Complexity
A brilliantly written post from
quasiconundrum suggesting that the more complex and technically advanced a video
game is, the more tolerant players should be when they discover flaws with it.
Gaming
Through The Years
A heartwarming personal
testimony from DJH chronicling a few of his memorable gaming experiences over
the years, complete with pictures showcasing hardware from the past.
Girlfriend
Mode
The controversial comment made
recently by John Hemingway, lead designer of Borderlands 2, sparked several
responses from the community including this succinct response from ace13.
Sony's
Incredible Risks
Hannibal eloquently categorizes
some of the risks taken by Sony that have yielded positive results and then
shares his thoughts on each of the different initiatives.
A
Quick Look At The 2012 Video Game Olympics
Even though the 2012 Olympics
ended nearly two weeks ago, thegodofwine7 just finished tallying the results
and is ready to hand out the medals to certain video game characters. See who
won gold.
Expand
Your Horizons...Through Video Games
Despite video games not truly
being accepted by mainstream society for their artistic expression or intrinsic
value, Marco Polo makes a lofty claim of just how significant they can be on
our culture.
How
Do You Make Time For Gaming?
A short but popular blog from
Doctor Apozem that questions something many of us struggle with and that's how
to make time to play video games when there are only so many hours in a day.
The
Unlockable Content In My New Game Purchase
TOGNick reveals his frustration
dealing with the errors he received trying to unlock the Darksiders II bonus
content that was supposed to be available the day of release but wasn't.
My
Open-World ADD
AshaMan3000 describes a
condition he suffers from that you might too whereby he plays and enjoys the
large, open-ended worlds of certain games like Red Dead Redemption, but never
finishes them.
1
Is The Loneliest Number
Following up from his blog from
last week focusing on gamers playing co-op, this week Jolt the Cynic shifts gears
and examines some of our favorite video game pairs.
The
Most Overrated Characters
The Joyful Penguin doesn't pull
any punches with this blog about the most overrated video game characters with
a list that includes some big names that might surprise you.
Community Reviews:
Riding
With The Devil And The Damned
The prolific Grand Theft Auto
series has aged over the years but is still able to attract fans of the series.
Doctor Apozem plays through The Lost & Damned DLC for GTA IV and lives to
write about it here.
Darksiders
II
The recently
released Darksiders II is receiving a ton of praise and this review from John
Wrek details his reasons why he likes it enough to award it a score of 9.25 out
of 10.
Stop!
Bullet Time!
It's been
nearly a month since Craigaleg posted one of his video reviews, but he's back
and armed with one of the best Max Payne 3 critiques you'll ever find. Be sure
to check out the companion
blog too.
Community Podcasts:
The
Jacked Up Indie & Mojo Show Episode 44
Arguably one of their best
episodes, the hosts welcome Game Informer's own Ben Hanson who graciously talks
about working at the world's most popular video game magazine as a video
producer.
Don't forget to send your feedback, recommendations, and community events in to my personal Game Informer account located here to ensure this feature continues to provide the content you're eager to read.
Happy Blogging!
Your friendly neighborhood blogging community (08/13/12
– 08/19/12):
ace13;
AshaMan3000 (3); benderstrike64; BlackHeartedWolf (7); Bradamantium (3); BRAV0
F1VE; Cameron Koch (2); Caudex (2); Craigaleg; Cru Hunter; dadarkheart; Daniel
Jones; DJH (7); Doctor Apozem; DrJoeystein; DrPool (2); Enigma (3); Frosty (3);
Gaming Warthog; Ghost; GoldvsSilver; Hannibal (3); Hist; Hobo Baggins; J
Warrior; Jack Gardner; JC; John Wrek; Jolt the Cynic (4); Jon Gregory aka
JMan240; jordanthegamer (4); Joyful Penguin (2); Juanolo (4); KAGEHOSHI-; Kid
Ica; KillerRabbitsFTW; killjoy115; LastQuestion; LGAR; Light Gamebeast23456;
Marco Polo (2); messyFishstick; Mike (2); mojomonkey12; Nintendo Fan (2);
OneArmedWonder; Pokémon Trainer Red (4); quasiconundrum; Queso6p4; Rabid
Chipmunk; RadiantChaos; Reptar7; Romars202129; ScruffTheNerfHerder; Seamoni;
Senshuro; shadowBack (2); ShadowDragyn; sorryjzargo; Storm One; Stranger;
Supersnake; The Great Cubone; The Man With Many Dogs, Blake; The Monster Hunter;
thegodofwine7 (3); Thejourneyman66 (2); TOGNick (7); Warbuff (2); Wayne
Strickland; wayoverdue (3); xking595x (2); xl9; and of course yours
truly...Saint.
Video Game Quote of the Week:
"Survival is overrated. You need to live a little too." – Celeste,
Mirror's Edge
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